What is the Greatest Common Factor of 49508 and 49518?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 49508 and 49518 is 2.

GCF(49508,49518) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 49508 and 49518, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 49508 and 49518.

How to find the GCF of 49508 and 49518?

We will first find the prime factorization of 49508 and 49518. After we will calculate the factors of 49508 and 49518 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 49508

Prime factors of 49508 are 2, 12377. Prime factorization of 49508 in exponential form is:

49508 = 2² × 12377¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 49518

Prime factors of 49518 are 2, 3, 7, 131. Prime factorization of 49518 in exponential form is:

49518 = 2¹ × 3³ × 7¹ × 131¹

Step-3: Factors of 49508

List of positive integer factors of 49508 that divides 49508 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 12377, 24754

Step-4: Factors of 49518

List of positive integer factors of 49518 that divides 49508 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 14, 18, 21, 27, 42, 54, 63, 126, 131, 189, 262, 378, 393, 786, 917, 1179, 1834, 2358, 2751, 3537, 5502, 7074, 8253, 16506, 24759

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 49508 and 49518. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 49508 and 49518 is 2.

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